Airon vs Beam
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 4 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H200: Airon $2.63 vs Beam $2.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.54 (21%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Airon |  Beam | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 56 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $2.63 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 (21%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.82 · 12 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $2.00 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.83 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.17 (8%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.52 · 42 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $0.90 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.76 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.14 (16%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.60 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.06 (10%) | Beam |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Airon and Beam, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA H200: Airon $2.63 vs Beam $2.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.54 (21%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: Airon $2.00 vs Beam $1.83 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.17 (8%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Airon $0.90 vs Beam $0.76 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.14 (16%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Airon $0.60 vs Beam $0.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.06 (10%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: